Celebration Of An Angel

Naya Elisa Buchanan

CELEBRATION OF AN ANGEL November 5, 2002 - May 12, 2016

The Order of Service Olivet Baptist Church Processional……………………..........................................…………………… OBC Choir Viewing of Our Angel………………………………….……………Funeral Director Musical Selection…………… “Don’t Cry For Me”……......………… Kellie Layden Scripture and Prayer ………………………………………………. Dr. Jerome Rogan Transforming Faith Baptist Church

Musical Selection………………… “Fight On”…………………….. Tiffany Coleman Remarks/Special Memories……………………..………....…… Two Minutes, Please DVD Memorial Presentation ……………….………………………. Shawn McGhee Musical Selection………………… ............................................................................OBC Choir Eulogy……………………………................……………. ...Bishop Kevin L. Adams, Sr. Recessional …....……............................”I’ll Fly Away”…………………………. OBC Choir Interment-Lakewood Memory Gardens *Please turn on headlights and drive safely in the procession.* **Dinner for the family and friends will be served in the church fellowship hall immediately following the interment.**

N

aya Elisa Buchanan miraculously entered this world on November 5, 2002, 13 weeks early to Rodnika and DJ Buchanan. This beautiful, chocolate baby doll was a medical anomaly from the second she took her first breath. Doctors gave a miserable prognosis of Naya’s situation and told her parents they did not expect for her to make it through the night.

But Naya was strong and defied all odds by continuing to develop and grow against all medical reasoning.

Her daily routine would shock most people. Naya took multiple medications, performed medical procedures, and ate an extremely restricted and specialized diet each and every day to maintain her quality of life. At the age of 7, our soft-spoken angel was fortunate to receive a kidney transplant and continued to grow stronger and stronger.

Naya was blessed each to be a part of very loving communities…starting with her excellent caregivers from Siskin Child Center, Wallace A. Smith Elementary School, and Hunter Middle School. Her deep appreciation for music and dancing made school dances an exciting event!

Often described as sweet and caring, Naya was wonderfully loving and protective of her younger brother, Daylen, and baby sister, Raegan. They played often and shared a love of basketball and all things related to Stephen Curry. Naya played volleyball for many years, and was known for her great serve! Passing the time on social media sites like “Instagram” and “Musical.ly”, she loved dancing and singing all the latest hip hop and pop songs and recording every moment to share with her friends.

Naya loved doing so many things‌ going to children’s church, eating cheese fries, playing The Sims game, using her iPhone, watching Dancing With The Stars and the Food Network and hanging with her many cousins.

Naya is preceded in death by her grandmother (Grammy), Jamesetta Buchanan; great uncles, Reginald Clark and DeWayne Clark; great grandfathers, Harold Jackson and Thomas Moultry; great great grandmothers, Valine Barnett and Hazel Moultry; great aunts, Mary Jefferson and Katie Williams.

She leaves to cherish her sweet memory: mother, Rodnika Buchanan; father, Donald (DJ) Buchanan, Jr.; brother, Daylen Eugene; sister, Raegan Janae; grandmother (Granmommy), Valerie Howell of Jacksonville, FL; grandfathers, Jerome (Big Daddy) Howell of Jacksonville, FL and Donnie (Granddaddy) Buchanan of Knoxville, TN; great grandmothers, Ruby (Cecil) Hines and Bobbie Clark both of Chattanooga, TN; aunt, Amanda (Rico) Whitehurst of Jacksonville, FL, and Kellie Layden of Knoxville, TN; aunt/special cousin, Kenya (Shawn) McGhee of Atlanta, GA ; uncle, Keith (Diona) Layden; uncle/special cousins, Keenan Burton of Atlanta, GA, and Eddie Burton of Louisville, KY; great aunts, Joann Burton of Louisville, KY, Darika (John) Priest, Felisa (Bernard) Gaines, Valerie (Lamar) Moss, TaWanna (Barry) McLarty all of Chattanooga, TN, and Monica (Carl) Davis of Jacksonville, FL; uncle/special cousin, Eddie Burton of Louisville, KY; great uncles, Michael (Helen) Glass and Brian Howell both of Chattanooga, TN; a host of loving cousins; other relatives, and friends.

Memories of Naya

Memories of Naya

Casket Bearers Keith Layden Keenan Burton Shawn McGhee Brian McGhee DeWayne Clark Jr Kiante Taylor

Flower Bearers Alexis Richards LaKecia Clark LaQyhia Clark Destinie Lanier Kara Lanier Amaiyah Pointer

Acknowledgement The family would like to express their sincerest gratitude and appreciation for each and every beautiful act of kindness and many expressions of love, understanding, and comfort shown during our time of need. Your prayers, visits, texts, cards, flowers, calls, are deeply appreciated. In the midst of heartache and pain, we have found incredible peace in the Lord. May God bless each of you.

The Buchanan Family